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20 Cards in this Set
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Stakes |
Importance |
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Blocking |
the location of actors on the stage and the movements that they make. |
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"Yes, and" |
take the ideas of others, accept them in their entirety and add to them. |
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Protagonist |
The leading character of a story. (Main character) |
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Antagonist |
The person who is against a person in a story. (The villain) |
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Cheat/open out |
the performer readjusts his or her body with an audience in mind. |
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Goal |
What a character is trying to achieve. |
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Obstacle |
Something that is in the way of a character achieving their goal. |
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Tatic |
The means by which a character seeks to achieve their objective |
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Expectation |
the character's expectation of succeeding in achieving his/her goal; what the character thinks will happen. |
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Monologue |
a long form speech delivered by a single character in a play or a film |
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Aside |
dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. |
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Soliloquy |
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
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Dialogue |
When two characters speak with each other. |
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Stage whisper |
A whisper that's loud so the audience can hear. |
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Epiglottis |
small, movable "lid" just above the larynx |
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Soft palate |
makes up the posterior third of the palate and is a posterior continuation of the hard palate. |
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Esophagus |
a tubular, elongated organ of the digestive system which connects the pharynx to the stomach. |
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Trachea |
a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe. |
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Larynx |
the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box. |
